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£42.50Crosscurrent - Robert Longfield
Energetic and rhythmic accurately describe this attractive composition for beginning bands. Written in a minor mode, the main melodic elements are created using only quarter notes. Underlying rhythmic drive is provided by arepeated 8th-note pattern, and the piece is effectively enhanced with carefully planned dynamic contrasts. A rewarding piece that is fun to play! Dur: 2:15 (Grade 1-1/2)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Chorale All Things Bright and Beautiful - Claude T. Smith
Long tones, dynamic contrasts and long flowing lines make Claude T. Smith's chorale setting of this beautiful Old English melody an outstanding warm-up or concert selection.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50Northlake Festival Overture - James Curnow
In classic band overture style, this time-tested composition from 1993 contrasts a bold opening with an energetic scherzo and variations of the opening theme. Quality literature for festival or contest.
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£69.99Appalachian Dances - James Curnow
Intriguing modes, authentic rhythms and vivid orchestrational contrasts are hallmarks of James Curnow's masterfully-crafted Appalachian Dances. The enchanting authentic Appalachian fiddle melodies are a musical treasure well worth reviving and bringing to the concert band stage. Snap rhythms recall the early heritage of hill country music in the first movement, which is followed by a richly harmonized air. The piece concludes with a rollicking third movement. In addition to being a memorable addition to your concert program, Appalachian Dances is just plain FUN to play. American musical heritage on display!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99The Gales of November - James L. Hosay
Grand and expansive in sound, this major work for Grade 3 band will be an excellent centerpiece for your maturing band's next performance. The orchestration abounds with wonderful contrasts, letting you show the many colors yourband can produce. Appropriate areas of rest for each section allow you to program this work anywhere on your concert without fear of overtiring the players. (Grade 3)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£43.00Marcia Italiana - Vincenzo Antonio Petrali
This sweeping festive march is full of italian temper and offers effective contrasts between woodwinds and brass. "Marcia Italiana" was originally a piece for organ; titled as "Sonata finale" it is the final movement of an organ mess "("Messa solenne") of the less known composer Vincenzo Petrali.
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£98.20Space Lab - Giuseppe Ratti
A long pedal-note of evanescent chords, based on empty parallel fifths, announces the theme;flutes and reed instruments exploit some almost imperceptible micro-fragments, supported by muted trumpets, creating what is an almost surreal and spatial atmosphere. This was Giuseppe Ratti's starting point for his "Space Lab", a laboratory of sounds and, later (when the main theme is taken up once more), of rhythms. Although it may sound complicated, this piece is ultimately based on a single motif: the descending fourth played on the second beat by the woodwinds. In this piece, Giuseppe Ratti, with his usual pallet of clear, transparent colours at hand, appropriate for the general public, together with simple, effective themes, has sought to experiment with new atmospheres and rhythms. First of all we hear the entire theme in the Allegro. Then the rhythm changes in a simple but at the same time complex manner: almost a genetic mutation. The part leading up to the final Lento flows smoothly for the listener but requires great skill and experience on the part of those performing it. In the final lento the main theme reappears in all its simplicity and sincerity, purified of all contrasts. A metaphor for a life that leads us towards unimaginable frontiers but which, in the end, always brings us back to the point from where we started.
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£157.50Flumen - Marco Somadossi
In October 2000, the River Po produced its highest flood waters in the last hundred years, provoking a natural disaster of dramatic dimensions. To the thousands of valiant men and women committed to defending their villages against the threat of the flood is dedicated the symphonic poem entitled "Flumen" (river, in Latin), inspired by the thematic material in the Gregorian sequence, "Victimae paschali laudes". The main melody is elaborated and its essence is transfigured in an alchemy of modern sounds from which, at times, archaic echoes emerge. The composition is structured in two parts: the first ("The River") is sullen and menacing, with sounds that portray the turbulent water and the inexorable and frightening rise of the flood;this contrasts with a second section ("The People"), with its primitive rhythms and vaguely multiethnic character (expressed through modal harmonies). Here the work evokes man's ancestral struggle against the forces of nature: the strenuous defence of the Po riverside communities to against the threat of flooding. In the finale, the two themes interweave and overlap, re-establishing a symbolic and primordial equilibrium where man and nature are again in harmony with each other.
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£71.50Honor and Pride - Nancy H. Seward
Heres an original traditional march written by a legendary teacher. This tuneful march compares 2/4 and 6/8 meters and style, with emphasis on tonal and dynamic contrasts. (2:00)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Norwegian Vignettes - Nancy H. Seward
Another effective composition from this master teacher, Norwegian Vignettes contrasts the majestic marcato style of the opening with the light staccato of the B section. It also offers contrast in dynamic levels and tone colors, along with a study of the dotted 8th/16th pattern. This programmatic selection will enhance any concert setting.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days